by V. Jayaraj, Oct 23, 2025 in ClimateChangeDispatch
The China threat calls for an ideologically free energy policy.
Whether China’s threat to restrict the export of rare earth minerals materializes or is resolved through trade negotiations, the episode underscores the fragility of U.S. supply chains and the importance of developing domestic sources. [emphasis, links added]
Nowhere is this more evident than in the energy sector, where climate policies have made dozens of countries more reliant on imports than ever before.
Adherence to climate orthodoxy has repeatedly exposed countries to avoidable risks, each instance demonstrating the cost of subordinating real-world utility to the pseudoscience of theoretical models and the grifting of special interests.
The reshuffling of the global flow of oil and coal after 2022 exposed the foolishness of the anti-fossil fuel agenda.
European nations, led by Germany and the United Kingdom, embarked on aggressive phaseouts of fossil fuels, dismantling coal plants and shrinking domestic natural gas output in favor of wind and solar.
Domestic production of hydrocarbons collapsed, and reliance on imported energy spiked, particularly for the Germans and British.
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